Faculty of Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics

Dr. Tirthankar Patnaik
Adjunct Faculty, Advanced Macroeconomics, Meghnad Desai Academy
  • Chief Economist, National Stock Exchange of India Limited
  • Ph.D. (Financial Economics), Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai
  • M.Sc (Economics), Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai
  • M.Sc (Statistics), Department of Statistics, University of Madras, Chennai
  • B.Sc (Mathematics), University of Madras, Chennai.
Prof. Shailesh Goregaokar
Visiting Faculty, Mathematics & Statistics, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
  • Masters in Mathematics and a Masters in Computer Science from IIT Bombay
  • Worked in the IT industry for almost 30 years before taking up his passion, teaching
  • His style of teaching is to drill-in concepts in an intuitive way making use of thought-provoking puzzles, examples and class participation
Prof. Amlesh Kanekar
Director of Academic Programs, Meghnad Desai Academy
  • Electrical Engineering - Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)
  • Worked as Senior Director, Digital Banking Consulting, Oracle Financial Services Software
  • He has 30 years of experience in Information Technology in the Banking & Finance domain.
  • His Leadership roles include Global Consulting Head for Digital Banking, Product development head for Digital Banking, Product QA head for Core Banking and Digital Banking, Delivery head for the virtual bank in Japan for Core Banking & Digital Banking
Dr. Shreshti Rawat
Faculty, Econometrics and Advanced Econometrics, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
  • Ph.D. in Development Studies from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research; M.A. in Development Economics from South Asian University, New Delhi.
  • Has taught courses in Economics and Development Policy for Master’s programs at St. Xavier's College and Sarla Modi School of Economics, NMIMS.
  • Her research focuses on Applied Econometrics in Development Economics, with a particular emphasis on Labour Economics.
  • Former Visiting Scholar at UNU-WIDER (United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economics Research).
  • Recipient of the L. K. Deshpande Young Labour Economist Award at the Indian Society of Labour Economics Conference.
Prof. Abhishek Panda
Adjunct Faculty, Macroeconomics
  • Guest Faculty at the RBI College of Supervisors and the Meghnad Desai School of Economics.
  • Brings 16+ years of experience at J.P. Morgan, across India and Asia Pacific.
  • Former Head of Asia Pacific Liquidity Management, overseeing liquidity strategy and balance sheet analytics across 13 countries.
  • Previously Executive Director & CIO Lead for J.P. Morgan India, managing liquidity, funding, and regulatory compliance.
  • Key expertise in LCR, NSFR, stress testing, and balance sheet optimization.
  • Graduate of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
Dr. Anirudh Tagat
Adjunct Faculty, Behavioural Economics, Meghnad Desai Academy
  • He has a joint PhD from IIT Bombay and Monash University (Australia) and has a MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick, UK.
  • He teaches Behavioural and Experimental Economics and Public Policy of Development.
  • He is Research Author at the Department of Economics at Monk Prayogshala.
Prof. Shahid Lone
Adjunct Faculty, International Political Economy (IPE), Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
  • He has M.Phil. & Ph. D in Political Economy from Jamia Millia Islamia Central University, New Delhi
  • He has taught at prestigious institutes like National Institute of Technology, Srinagar and Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune.
  • He teaches International Political Economy and Development Economics & Public Policy.
Vaishnavi Patil
Teaching Fellow, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
  • M.Sc. in Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune.
  • Have taught courses in Mathematical and Statistical Techniques for Economic Analysis,  Econometrics for undergraduate program in D. G. Ruparel College, Mumbai.
Prof. Prachi Ganu, CA
Adjunct Faculty, Finance, Meghnad Desai Academy
  • Chartered Accountant and a Certified Valuer of Securities & Financial Assets (Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India).
  • Her Expertise is in Debt Markets, Financial Statement Analysis, and Valuation.
  • She brings to the classroom her rich corporate experience being an Executive Director at JP Morgan, India and ICICI Bank.
Ameya Abhyankar
Adjunct Faculty, Finance, Meghnad Desai Academy
  • B.E, MBA - University of Pune
  • (CFA) from CFA Institute, USA; Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) from Fitch Learning, UK; Certificate in Machine Learning for Finance from MLI Institute, UK
  • Seasoned risk professional with more than a decade of industry experience.
  • Strong programming background in Python, VBA, and database scripting.
Dr. Atul Patankar
Faculty, Financial Technologies, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
  • Ph. D. Research Scholar at JBIMS, Mumbai University
  • MMS – Finance, BE – Instrumentation – Mumbai University.
  • 8 years of experience in the BFS industry and another 20 years in Consulting
  • Worked with leading global wealth managers, investment firms and banks in US, Canada, UK, EU and Japan.
Sonal Ghanshani
Adjunct Faculty, Machine Learning, Meghnad Desai Academy
  • She has a master’s degree in Statistics from the University of Mumbai.
  • Her expertise is in the areas of Predictive Modelling, Data Science and Machine Learning.
Dr.Neha Anwar Ansari
Faculty Member, Machine Learning
  • PhD in Computer Science from Pacific University, N.E.T qualified and MSc in Information Technology
  • Dr. Ansari brings over a decade of teaching experience to her role. She has also served as a consultant in machine learning and deep learning for various data science firms, enriching her academic insights with practical industry knowledge.
  • Dr. Ansari's expertise spans across a spectrum of technological domains such as Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Big Data Engineering, Cloud Computing, Computer Networking, Information Security Management, SQL & NoSQL Database Management.
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